Apples to oranges when they compare these two murders. Not like anyone is deserving of this end but to compare the two is nothing more than a racist dog whistle to me. No one on the right cared one iota about Floyd until they could use it as another way to divide us into Black and white, them vs us.
It is hard to comment on this reality as it must be hard to write about, or maybe it isn't? In any case, no this is not Brooks and friends' George Floyd moment!
“It sounds a little too gleeful, as if David Brooks’ buddies feel as if they’re finally receiving something they were unfairly denied.”
I will never, for the life of me understand MAGA’s jealousy over other’s persecution. They so desperately want to be the ones suffering, or rather seen as the ones suffering.
Is it unresolved childhood trauma? Something about the cruel nature of the MAGA movement that expects the volk to be emotionless automations? I’m not a psychiatrist, but this thirst to be seen to be seen as persecuted suffering permeates far-right cultures.
Hence their disgust with any kind of structural analysis and their insistence on breaking everything down to atomised individual events. They are allergic to context.
Thank you for taking the time to breaking down the power imbalance in these scenarios.
Always remember, there's a lot of clicks and clout to be had by playing in our faces.
And of course, we must always keep in mind that the rightwing media human centipede is getting on the same page so as to help facilitate Herr Miller's new Reichstag Fire.
Interesting that they want this to be their George Floyd. For all that they pretend that his murder was justified, they know that it wasn't, and Floyd didn't deserve to die over a $20 bill. FWIW, CK didn't deserve to be killed, but as many have pointed out, CK himself thought it worth keeping the 2nd Amendment, and that his own fans agreed. Actually, CK and his fans never dreamed that HE would be a victim of gun violence, that was for others. But he, like all cons, have a twisted view of the 2nd Amendment - they ignore the "well regulated militia" part, and think that it means that there can be no limits to gun ownership in this country. That their interpretation will come back and bite any of them in the ass never occurs to them. It should now, but it doesn't seem to be.
That's one reason his agitprop is so useful to them, even if the person himself is replaceable (and a new hate troll will take his place indeed). Of course, this is a primary reason why the pricktator was elected again.
Apples to oranges when they compare these two murders. Not like anyone is deserving of this end but to compare the two is nothing more than a racist dog whistle to me. No one on the right cared one iota about Floyd until they could use it as another way to divide us into Black and white, them vs us.
It is hard to comment on this reality as it must be hard to write about, or maybe it isn't? In any case, no this is not Brooks and friends' George Floyd moment!
“It sounds a little too gleeful, as if David Brooks’ buddies feel as if they’re finally receiving something they were unfairly denied.”
I will never, for the life of me understand MAGA’s jealousy over other’s persecution. They so desperately want to be the ones suffering, or rather seen as the ones suffering.
Is it unresolved childhood trauma? Something about the cruel nature of the MAGA movement that expects the volk to be emotionless automations? I’m not a psychiatrist, but this thirst to be seen to be seen as persecuted suffering permeates far-right cultures.
Hence their disgust with any kind of structural analysis and their insistence on breaking everything down to atomised individual events. They are allergic to context.
Thank you for taking the time to breaking down the power imbalance in these scenarios.
Always remember, there's a lot of clicks and clout to be had by playing in our faces.
And of course, we must always keep in mind that the rightwing media human centipede is getting on the same page so as to help facilitate Herr Miller's new Reichstag Fire.
Interesting that they want this to be their George Floyd. For all that they pretend that his murder was justified, they know that it wasn't, and Floyd didn't deserve to die over a $20 bill. FWIW, CK didn't deserve to be killed, but as many have pointed out, CK himself thought it worth keeping the 2nd Amendment, and that his own fans agreed. Actually, CK and his fans never dreamed that HE would be a victim of gun violence, that was for others. But he, like all cons, have a twisted view of the 2nd Amendment - they ignore the "well regulated militia" part, and think that it means that there can be no limits to gun ownership in this country. That their interpretation will come back and bite any of them in the ass never occurs to them. It should now, but it doesn't seem to be.
Speaking of the dead hatemonger:
𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗨𝗦𝗔'𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝘀
https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/turning-point-usas-history-racism-and-white-nationalist-ties
That's one reason his agitprop is so useful to them, even if the person himself is replaceable (and a new hate troll will take his place indeed). Of course, this is a primary reason why the pricktator was elected again.